Botched escape attempt lands Alliance woman in more trouble

Tuesday

Oct 18, 2016 at 4:00 AM

By Stephanie Ujhelyi sujhelyi@the-review.com

An Alliance woman found herself in more trouble after allegedly slipping her handcuffs during transport to an area hospital.

Celenia Cheyanne Robinson, 19, of 447 South St., was arrested at 9:41 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of North Walnut Street on charges of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony; attempted escape, a fourth-degree felony; possession of dangerous drugs, a fifth-degree felony; and obstructing official business.

Police, attempting to serve Robinson with a failure to appear warrant at the residence of Jonathan Craig Augustein Cordero, were given permission to go in and get her and found her delaying officers' duties by hiding behind a door that was leaning against a wall in a back bedroom.

After being given several instructions to stand up and show her hands, Robinson finally stood up but wasn't compliant with putting her hands behind her back for cuffing, according to the report.

Officers found two small bags containing Xanax and diazepam pills in the area and a third empty bag that contained a powdery film that tested positive for methamphetamine.

Both sandwich bags were wet and appeared to have saliva on the outside and inside of them, and officers reportedly believed that Robinson attempted to ingest the drugs to avoid charges for them.

"Several minutes after the defendant was outside of the residence, (the officer) observed (she) was continuously gagging and was extremely sweaty and jittery," the narrative reads. Police called for an ambulance to the scene that transported her to Alliance Community Hospital for drug ingestion.

In midst of transport, officers observed the squad stop abruptly, close to an intersection. Officers ran to the back of the vehicle and observed that Robinson had slipped her cuffs, so she had to be re-secured and taken to the emergency room.

Hospital personnel notified police that she was admitted to the hospital's ICU due to the drug ingestion, so she was provided with an order of release.

According to the Stark County courts' online case docket, Robinson, who had been medically released, failed to appear for her arraignment Monday. Bond has been set for $25,000 cash, surety or 10 percent.

Robinson had been convicted in July on charges of OVI and ordered to complete mandatory drug treatment with Alliance Municipal Court Judge Andrew L. Zumbar suspending all but 12 of 180 days in jail on the condition of her good behavior for one year.

Augustein Cordero was charged with drug abuse (marijuana) and drug paraphernalia after police found he had a sandwich bag containing marijuana, a metal pipe, a digital scale and a separate black container with a plastic bag and marijuana in it.